Entry № 7353 · Sanskrit origin

Neelima Neelima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-lee-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Blueness (Krishna epithet)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "blueness (krishna epithet)".

Neelima is from the Sanskrit Nīlimā.

Blueness (Krishna epithet) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नीलिमा
Transliteration
Nīlimā
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.li.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Neelima stands.

Neelima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Neelimas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Krishna nīlamegha-śyāma / Neelakantha Shiva
Sanskrit blueness + Krishnas dark-blue complexion + Nīlamegha-śyāma + Vaishnava devotional poetry + Jayadeva Gita Govinda + Neelakantha Lord Shiva Blue-Throated drinker of Halahala poison
Hindu deity

Names connected to Neelima.

The number behind Neelima.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Neelima reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.